7 December 1941 The Air Force Story
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7 December 1941 The Air Force Story
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- Arakaki, Leatrice R.; United States. Air Force. Pacific Air Forces. Office of History; Kuborn, John R.
- Publication date
- 1941
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- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Topics
- WWII, World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On, 1941, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- History -- World War, 1939-1945
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- English
CONTENTS nForeword by Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces iii nForeword by Commander, 15th Air Base Wing v nPreface nIllustrationsnCHAPTER I - HAWAIIAN AIR FORCE: BEFORE THE ATTACK nThe Commanders j nThe Personnel ^ nThe Aircraft g nThe Air Defense System nCHAPTER II - ASSIGNMENT PARADISE: BOMBER COMMAND nHickam Field J7 nCHAPTER III -ASSIGMENT PARADISE: FIGHTER COMMAND nWheeler Field 39 nBellows Field 59nCHAPTER IV - 7 DECEMBER 1941: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY nThe Japanese Attack 59 nRadar Intercepts 59 nB- 17 Arrival 72 nAir Force Opposition 79nCHAPTER V - HELL IN PARADISE: BOMBER COMMAND nHickam Field nCHAPTER VI - HELL IN PARADISE: FIGHTER COMMAND nWheeler Field 111nBellows Field 128 nCHAPTER VII - AFTER THE ATTACK nThe Dependents 134 nThe Continuing Search 136 nRumors Galore 138 nThe Long Night 139 nThe Submarine 142 nAPPENDICES nA - Army Air Force Units in Hawaii on 7 December 1941 147 nB - Status of Aircraft on Oahu, Before and After the Attack 151 nC - Hickam Field Maintenance Record 153 nD - B- 17s Arriving During the Attack 157 nE - Army, Army Air Corps, and Civilian Casualty List 161 nF - Hawaiian Air Force Casualty List 177 nNotes 197 nBibliography 205 nIndex 207 nILLUSTRATIONS nCharts nOrganization of the Hawaiian Air Force 7 nThe AWS on 12 Nov 41 During a Simulated Enemy Attacic 14 nThe AWS on 7 Dec 41 During the Actual Enemy Attack 15 nMaps nThe eight major islands of the Hawaiian archipelago 2 nKey areas on Oahu involved in the 7 December 1941 attack 4 nHickam Field, 26 November 1941 20 nWheeler Field, 10 October 1941 42 nBellows Field in 1941 55 nJapanese Aircraft Deployment, First Attack 63 nJapanese Aircraft Deployment, Second Attack 68 nPhotographs nBurned tent quarters at Wheeler Field i nDamaged barracks at Hickam Field i nDamaged P-40at Bellows Field i nSenior military officials at Hawaiian Department Headquarters, circa 1941 .... 3 n"Hawaiian Paradise" recruiting cartoon 8 nB- 18s in formation over Oahu, 6 April 1940 9 n5th Bombardment Group B-18at Hickam Field 9 nB-17 aircraft flying over Hickam Field, circa 1941 10 nP-40 formation over Oahu, 1 August 1941 11 nP-36 aircraft lined up at Wheeler Field 12 nCapts Wilfred H, Tetley and Kenneth P. Bergquist with members of the radar site survey team I3nLt Col Horace Meek Hickam I7 nKeystone LB-5 bombers and Thomas Morse O- 19 observation planes at Luke Field 18 nAerial view of Tracts A and B acquired for the construction of Hickam Field ... 19 n"Pineapple Soldier" at Hickam Field, June 1942 21 nTent City at Hickam Field in 1939 22 nHickam Field's new barracks, 22 October 1940 22 nInterior view of the new barracks 23 nMess hall in the center of the consolidated barracks 23 nWooden barracks of "Splinter City" at Hickam Field, 1940 25 nFamily quarters at Hickam Field, 1940-41 25 nHickam's water tower 26 nBishop Point dock at Hickam Field 27 nPost headquarters at Hickam Field, 1940-41 28 nAircraft Mechanics Course Diploma awarded to PFC Herbert J. Kelly 29 nMembers of Aircraft Mechanics Graduation Class 2 A 30 nThe Army & Navy YMCA in downtown Honolulu 32 nBlack Cat Cafe on Hotel Street 32 nMilitary men with a hula girl at the Black Cat Cafe 32 nSampling of items from the 1941 Menu of the Black Cat Cafe 33 n"Crossroads of the Pacific" sign at Kau Kau Corner on Kalakaua Avenue 34 nPopular Waikiki Theater in 1941 34 nWaikiki area and Diamond Head on 18 January 1934 34 nThe Snake Ranch (enlisted men's beer hall) 35 nJoe Brimm, Hickam Field artist 36 nFront cover of Hickam Highlights (Vol 9, Nr 23, 14 November 1942) 37 nMaj Sheldon Harley Wheeler (1889-1921) 39 nWheeler Field as part of Schofield Barracks (circa 1922-23) 40 nWheeler Field 40 nEngineering buildings and parachute shop at Wheeler Field 43 nWheeler Field flight line 43 nFire station at Wheeler Field 43 nPFC Edward J. White in Sheet Metal Shop at Wheeler Field 45 nThanksgiving feast in Final Assembly Hangar at Wheeler Field 46 nThanksgiving dinner menu, 21 November 1940 46 nDance in consolidated mess at Wheeler Field 47 nMembers of the 46th Pursuit Squadron's championship basketball team 48 nTent City along the Wheeler Field flight line 49 nCpl William H, Roach, 45th Pursuit Squadron 49 n2d Lt Franklin Barney Bellows 50 nAerial view of Bellows Field, 27 October 1941 51 nTent area at Bellows Field 52 nHeadquarters building at Bellows 52 nOperations shack at Bellows at the bottom of "Headquarters Hill" 53 n86th Observation Squadron's 0-47B aircraft at Bellows Field 54 nMain gate at Bellows Field 57 n0-49 aircraft at Bellows Field 57 nJapanese carrier Akagi 59nNakajima B5N (Kate) bomber 60 nMitsubishi A6M2 (Zero) fighter launching from carrier deck 60 nWheeler Field in 1941 64 nBurning hangars and aircraft at Wheeler Field 65 nBomb crater in front yard of family quarters on Wheeler 65 nNakajima B5N (Kate) bomber flying over Hickam's burning flight line 66 nB-24A destroyed by the Japanese during the attack 67 nOscilloscope display at Opana radar site 70 nPvt Joseph LaRue Lockard 70 nTemporary Information Center on top of Building 307 at Fort Shafter 70 nTwo Aichi D3A (Val) dive bombers over Hickam Field 74 nWreckage of Capt Raymond T. Swenson's B-17Cat Hickam Field 74 nCloseup view of front half of burned B-17C 75 nLts Harry W. Brown, Philip M. Rasmussen, Kenneth M. Taylor, George S. Welch, and 1st Lt Lewis M. Sanders downed nine Japanese planes during the attack . . 78 nJapanese plane shot down by Lt George Welch 79 nHawaiian Air Depot buildings and the hangar line under attack at Hickam Field 81 nB- 18 wreckage on the Hickam flight line 82 nSmoke pouring from Hickam Field's Hawaiian Air Depot shops 84 nCapt Roland D. Boyer and Pvt Elliott C. Mitchell Jr. near wrecked Hangar 11 at Hickam Field 84 nCloseup view of destroyed Hangar 11 85 nAircraft wreckage inside Hickam Field hangar 85 nHangar Avenue 85 nHickam Field's big barracks burning from the Japanese attack 86 nBurning fires devastate Hickam Field's consolidated barracks 87 nGun emplacement on parade ground at Hickam Field in front of burning barracks 88 nOld Glory continues to wave over Hickam Field 88 nDamaged post exchange at Hickam Field 89 nComplete devastation inside the big barracks at Hickam Field 89 nWing L of Hickam Field's big barracks devastated by the attack 92 nSunlight streams through the splintered mess hall roof where bombs entered . 93 nWall-to-wall debris covers the floor of the mess hall 93 nMembers of Hawaiian Air Force's Headquarters Squadron, 17th Tow Target nSquadron, and 23d Materiel Squadron watch Japanese bombers heading toward Pearl Harbor 94 nRussell J. Tener and Bill Enos guard a damaged PX warehouse 95 nA burning mangled truck parked on F Street 96 nBlood-stained stretchers awaiting the next load of casualties 97 nHickam's small new 40 -bed hospital 98nOne of the more than 200 men killed on Army Air Forces installations on Oahu . 100 nFlight line from courtyard between heavily damaged wings of Hickam's barracks 101 nHickam Field personnel man a gun emplacement set up in a bomb crater 102 nPFC Raymond Perry and Cpl Howard Marquardt man a hastily constructed gun emplacement in front of Hangar 5 102 nSmoke pours from burning aircraft and buildings at Hickam Field . 104 nB- 18 wreckage on the Hickam flight line 104 nBroken water main, upended car and tilted lamp post on Hickam's 6th Street ... 104 nHickam's wrecked fire station 106 nHonolulu Fire Department pumper drawing water from bomb crater 107 nFiremen battling oil flames at Hickam 107 nDouglas A-20in flight 109 nWrecked planes on Wheeler's flight line, Hangar 2, and tent quarters 112 nSplintered building filled with bags of cement 112 nBadly damaged barracks of the 6th Pursuit Squadron 113 nWheeler's Hangar 1, devastated by the Japanese attack 114 nA severely damaged P-36 sits in the rubble of Hangar 1 at Wheeler 114 nFlames in Wheeler's Hangar 3 116 nBlazing fires in the twisted remains of Wheeler's Hangar 3 116 nSkeleton of Wheeler's Hangar 3 after the flames died and the smoke cleared 117 nTotal devastation in Wheeler's Hangar 3 117 nTent quarters along Wheeler's hangar line 118 nHangar row at Wheeler Field, with Hangar 3 and the burnt remains of tents 119 nResourceful crews remove parts from a demolished P-40 120 nAircraft wreckage on Wheeler's flight line 120nSearching a heap of wrecked planes at Wheeler for salvageable parts 120 nAll that remained of the lineup of P-40son the Wheeler flight line 122 nWrecked P-40Bs sit in front of an equally wrecked Hangar 3 at Wheeler Field 122 nWheeler personnel inspect the remains of a building site 123 nBullet-riddled Army staff car at Wheeler Field 124nWheeler personnel man a 30 -caliber machine gun set up behind the barracks 126 nWheeler Field chapel in 1941 126nChaplain Alvin A. Katt and others after a memorial service for a P-40 pilot 127nMachine-gunned tent area at Bellows Field 128nA burnt -out fuel truck at Bellows Field 129nA P-40 riddled by machine-gun fire at Bellows Field 130nA 38th Reconnaissance Squadron B-17C belly landing on Bellows airstrip 131nLts George S. Welch and Kenneth M. Taylor wearing the Distinguished Service Cross 134 nPresentation of Silver Star and Purple Heart decorations at Wheeler 135nMaj Charles Stewart congratulates Pvt William L. Burt and PFC Raymond F. McBriarty, for their award of the Silver Star 135nA Japanese two-man midget submarine, grounded on the coral reef off Bellows 143nBasic Personnel Record for Prisoner of War Kazuo Sakamaki (POW No. 1) 144nGroup portrait of the nine midget submariners killed during the attack 145nThe Japanese midget submarine which was dragged to shore at Bellows 146nDigitized by http://www.afhso.af.mil/
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